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Now the high school team enjoys a laugh. Front: Abby Chu, Jessy Homa, Faith Caspers, Kayla Walters, Renee Walters, Zipporah Caspers, Andrea Beck, Katrina Lipski. Back: Justin Chu, Tim Kowalinski, Drake Hacker, Joshua Schaber, John Klaves, John LaBonte, Samuel Zinkgraf, John Sherman, Jacob Dickman, Joshua Anumolu, John Kowalinski, Joe Hughes, Will Farrell, Joe Maurer, Ben Hughes, Ben Fenelon.
Never started a vehicle from the hull without doing tracks first. Should be interesting to see if I can pull it off.
New pics from an old anime character figure kit. Light was good today, I had a free day, so I added some more shots...
This is a VERY tricky kit, nothing for beginners, for various reasons! While the parts fit together quite well, both crossed legs and reclined posture were quite a problem for painting (I use no airbrush, everything was 'manually' made with brushes) and display. Lots of skin - which calls for an immaculate finish - were a HUGE challenge, especially at this large scale.
Anyway, the finished kit looks awesome! For a proper display I built a kind of sofa or divan bed from construction foam with a velvet cover, which would match the figure's posture.
The kit did not contain any material or reference for a base, but AFAIK the complete/original kit is based on a drawing in which Peorth is laying on a giant leaf or rose petal - a bit too delicate for my craftsman skill, everything has its limits. This is a more simple solution, though, and I went for a "bedroom" atmosphere ;)
Anyway, both kit and divan match well, the only drawback of the kit is that the figure actually looks downwards, so it is hard to put it on display in an appealing way. Its perspective is very forced and limited, as you can tell from the picture. Anyway, I took shots from almost any direction, so that you might get a better overview.
Added details include some extra hair strings (they make the character much more lively) plus the hand-made, delicate earrings, made from thin brass wire and 4mm wood beads.
Another tricky part was/is the fact, that this Peorth character is supposed to wear transparent white gloves and socks, and that you can see both jewelry and a kind of armlets through them.
My approach was a mix of white transparent acrylic paint, plus some white dry painting, which made gloves and socks look as if they were made from lace.
West Brompton cemetery: I've drained the colour from the original shot and upped the contrast to remove the detail from the cross, and added a heavy vignette to create what I hope is a suitably creepy atmosphere.
Once the water is boiling I added the eggs. A dozen fits very nicely in one layer. I have done two dozen at a time before and it worked well. I "pre-warm" the eggs in some water while the water in the cooker came to a boil. The eggs were about room temperature.
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The lone scientist who heard of a firearms contest from the most renowned manufacturer around saw his chance. The premise was a unique unconventional weapon so he went to work. The first part was the power source. A large 10 pound power unit is placed in the handguard. This powered the coils that propelled the tungsten depleted uranium cored .22 caliber projectile to a speed of 5,000 Feet per second. This was enough to penetrate several layers of kevlar armor at 1,000 meters. Also the intense speed of the aerodynamic round gave it sub 0.6 MOA accuracy at such ranges. The advanced computerized scope allows for exact range estimates and automatic lead and drop(if needed.) The scope has a knob to adjust the intensity of the IR function from zero(standard view) to 100(IR view.) The optic can be adjusted for Height, Back or forward, or to be removed and have a different optic installed.) The rifle is fed from a single stack 10 round magazine. The barrel has aggresive rifling and has fluting to preserve weigtht. The rifling and fluting of the barrel also amplify the magnetic field of the coils to get maximum efficiency without actually using the coils as a barrel. The rifle, Nicknamed the "Coilrifle" has an adjustable finger plate and cheekrest so preferences of the user are fulfilled. The rifle weighs in at 25 lbs. loaded witout power source and scope, 40lbs. with them. The power source has enough power for 10 shots with a 10 second cooldown time between each shot. There is a power switch and a sliding safety selector. A two man or more team is optimal for operating the rifle. One carries the rifle and ammunition, the other carries spare batteries and a defense weapon, Any others are facilitated as support/spotters.
Used my camera last week, the first since my arm was broken all those weeks ago. Sitting on a chair, I used the light coming in from the conservatory behind me, the lightest lens and camera I own and my right hand. Click !
I took this photo based off of my favorite photographer, Steve McCurry, I've always loved the idea of showing nothing but the eyes in a portrait and the scarf perfectly matched her eye color. I took this photo in the Brophy studio with a white backdrop having my friend Isabel hold the scarf up against her face while standing above her on a chair. I brightened her eyes and deepened the blue green coloring of them and then added a gradient to the background to add more depth to the photo. I added an emotional concept to the portrait through her eyes, having her crinkle them as if she were smiling, so that even though we can't see her eyes you get the sense of a smile. 8.76x6.15 with 300ppi